Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 47 Another Rare Beast Tower

While the little skeletons were being spawned one by one in Leichi, Chen Zhigao sat imposingly in a high-backed chair in the "Thug Gang" camp.

This man was tall, with a square mouth, thick lips, and a fierce-looking face.

He has already obtained the player ID for Lei Chi.

"A small job: infiltrate the camp of a player in the Beast Tower called Thunder Pool, ten times in a row. The employer is willing to pay 15,000 gold. The 5,000 deposit has already been deposited into the guild account. Which team leader is willing to take this job? If the job is done well, the remaining 10,000 is all his!"

Chen Zhigao spoke slowly, and in his opinion, infiltrating the secret camp of Lei Chi was indeed a small task.

Around him were seven other people, all sitting in a high-backed chair.

They were the core members of the thug gang.

The entire gang of thugs has more than 300 members, divided into seven groups. The strongest group is the first group, and the weakest group is the seventh group. The leaders of these seven groups are the seven people sitting in the high-backed chairs at this moment.

"What is the defense index?" someone asked.

"256!"

"256? That's about the level required to defeat ten or so waves of monsters. This job isn't too difficult, give it to Xiao Qi!" "Xiao Qi just got a girlfriend, so his expenses are higher. Let him have this job!"

"I have no objection!"

"Give it to the Taoist priest!"

"Then it's settled!"

"Thank you, brothers!"

The person called "Xiao Qi" is the leader of the seventh group, named Wang Daochang, often referred to as "Daozhang". He is a level 26 mechanical tower player with more than sixty people under his command.

Chen Zhigao sent the number of Lei Chi to Wang Daochang and warned him, "Xiao Qi, don't be careless. This is an acquaintance asking me for help. If you mess things up, I'll lose face."

"Don't worry, boss. We're professionals at intrusion! Even if his camp's defense index is over 2,000, we'll still take it down without a hitch. We'll make sure this mission is completed flawlessly."

Wang Daochang patted his chest, looking very confident.

He really enjoys his current job.

That's right, "Thug Gang" is actually a studio. Chen Zhigao is the boss, and Wang Daochang is like a department head. Since joining Thug Gang, although he often hacks into things and offends a lot of people, his income level has really increased.

Wang Daochang even regarded invading other players' camps as a sacred profession.

This is also a technical profession.

There's a lot to learn about infiltrating other people's camps when you really delve into it.

For example, when choosing a time, it's generally better to launch an invasion in the middle of the night, as the success rate will be much higher if the target is offline.

Because if players are offline, at least the ability to assist in defense simply won't exist.

It's important to understand that assisting in defense is the last thing you want to encounter when launching an invasion. If you lead your team to invade, carrying defensive towers and running towards the camp square, only to find a large group of players waiting for you there, that's not an invasion, that's suicide.

There are many dirty tricks to keep players offline, such as hiring someone to pretend to check the water meter and knock on the other person's door, pretending to be someone who has been hit by a car to keep the other person from going online, or hiring a burly man to pretend to be a girl and start an online romance with the other person, and so on.

Don't underestimate these underhanded methods; the key is that they are genuinely effective.

Chen Zhigao once used an old lady's staged accident to keep Cao Dama, the leader of the Dama Gang, offline for three hours. During those three hours, Chen Zhigao launched a surprise attack on Cao Dama's secret camp and made a fortune afterwards.

As for who Cao Dama is, he is a famous high-level player. He reached level 30 more than a month ago. After the camp was invaded, he suffered heavy losses, and the reputation of the Dama Guild plummeted. The thug gang became famous because of this battle.

In short, Wang Daochang really learned a lot after joining the gang of thugs, broadened his thinking and horizons, and now considers himself a "professional intruder".

Of course, if you're dealing with average players, like those in Lei Chi whose camp defense index is only two or three hundred, then you don't need to use any tricks at all.

At this moment, someone reminded him: "Xiao Qi, a truly excellent invader will achieve the best invasion effect with the least investment. You need to pay attention to the investment. Sometimes, bringing a large group of people may look impressive, but it is actually unnecessary. After all, the number of people invading determines the number of gold coins you have to pay."

"Okay, Brother Long! I'll be careful."

Wang Daochang responded with a cupped-fist salute, and the person he was pointing out was the highest-level player in the gang, named [Niu Delong], a level 31 Tech Tower player with the most experience in tanking towers.

A moment later, Wang Daochang went to check the information about Lei Chi's secret camp.

"Beast Tower player? Camp defense index 256, defeated the 10th wave of monster invasion! The camp is currently under protection. Was it invaded before?"

Master Wang was completely unconcerned. Based on his experience in invading, the Beast Tower was the easiest to invade, as the towers were too weak and there were many melee towers. The War Corridor was the easiest route.

"Just like Brother Long said, there's no need to make a big fuss about invading a small player's camp. Just call on Niu Zi and the others. If there are seven or eight of us, we should be able to take it down."

Wang Daochang quickly contacted some team members and formed an eight-person team in less than ten minutes, waiting for the protection period of the secret camp in Leichi to end.

Lei Chi, on his side, had already completed the [Counterattack] mission.

In the skull tomb, he could kill a small skeleton in four or five seconds, and it didn't even take him ten minutes to kill a hundred of them.

This time, he didn't stay in the Skull Tomb until he was forcibly transported back to normal. He completed the mission in less than twelve minutes and returned to his camp. A system notification sounded in Lei Chi's mind: "Congratulations on completing the counterattack mission. You can now choose a Tier 1 Rare Beast Tower or a gem of your choice as a reward. Please make your choice."

"What kind of gems do you want?" Lei Chi immediately replied to the system, "I choose the Rare Beast Tower!"

"Ding! Your selection has been confirmed. The reward items have been sent to your inventory. Please check!"

Lei Chi opened his storage and saw a blueprint for building Pat-Pat Bear.

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Papa Bear Construction Blueprint: After use, construct a Papa Bear at the designated location on either side of the War Corridor.

Area: 1m x 1m

Type: Beast Tower

Level: Level 1

Attack: 5

Attack type: Physical

Attack range: Melee (1 meters)

Attack speed: 1.0 (once per second)

Attack method: Use thick, wide bear paws to strike the target. The attack rhythm is left-right-left-right-left-right, that is, the left paw strikes, then the right paw strikes, then the left paw strikes again, and so on.

Attack Effect: [Critical Hit] When Paw Bear attacks with its right paw, there is a 5% chance to deal an 8x critical hit, a 10% chance to deal a 4x critical hit, and a 15% chance to deal a double critical hit.

Attack Effect: [Heavy Strike] When Paw Bear attacks with its left paw, there is a 20% chance to stun the target for one second.

Note: Tier 1 Ursa + [Critical Hit Gem] x1 + [Heavy Hit Gem] x1 = Tier 2 Ursa. After Ursa is upgraded, it becomes larger and has stronger attack power and a higher chance of triggering attack effects.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.